Family History Blog
CGGS member and local historian Joanne Skelton maintains a blog with engaging stories of family history and her own childhood memories. Joanne’s Genealogy Research is hosted on the free blog Read More …
History Pub, Jan. 10: The Ping Yang School Bombings
History Pubs are back at the Axe and Fiddle in Downtown Cottage Grove! New date, 2nd Tuesday of the month. Join us on Jan 10, 2023, from 5-7 pm to hear Read More …
J. Polk Currin Swinging Bridge and Slabtown Information Kiosk
Check out the J. Polk Currin — Slabtown interpretive sign at the Swinging Bridge on River Road, which was unveiled in October 2022. CGGS member Dana Merryday spearheaded this project, which Read More …
Who Are Your Ancestors? Event on Oct. 22, 2022
Get help with your own family history research from one of our Society experts. Download, print, and fill out the form linked below, and send it to us in advance Read More …
New “Trees From the Grove”
The 2021 issue of Trees From The Grove is hot off the press! Please stop by and pickup your copy! Carolin Petitt did a fantastic job getting us caught up with this Read More …
Archiving Historic Documents
Preserving historic documents can have some challenges. Our society is planning a Scrapbooking Day later this year; the sign-up sheet is in the Research Library or you can email me Read More …
Featured book: Lane County 1905 Military Census
Check out the latest featured book published by the Cottage Grove Genealogical Society: Lane County 1905 Military Census. It isn’t just census for those who served in the military; it Read More …
New Mural Unveiling at Art Walk, Sept. 30
The new mural depicting Lena Flaiskey Becker, aka Eva Davenport, will be unveiled at the Bookmine during the Cottage Grove Art Walk on Friday, September 30 at 6:30 pm. All Read More …
Volunteers Need for Art Walk Sept. 30
We need volunteers for a table at the September 30th Art Walk! There will be an unveiling of the newest mural and each Partners In History organization has been invited to Read More …
Obituaries Digitization Project
We received a generous grant from the Cottage Grove Community Foundation in March 2022 to support our project to digitize our obituaries files. Last week we made our 6-month report Read More …
